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Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy – Amount of Viability Supplement) Determination 2005 (No. 1)

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Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy — Amount of Viability Supplement) Determination 2005 (No. 1) Aged Care Act 1997
I, JULIE BISHOP, Minister for Ageing, make this Determination under subsection 44-29 (8) of the Aged Care Act 1997. Dated 23 June 2005 JULIE BISHOP Minister for Ageing
      1              Name of Determination                 This Determination is the Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy — Amount of Viability Supplement) Determination 2005 (No. 1). 2              Commencement                 This Determination is taken to have commenced on 1 January 2005. 3              Revocation of previous determination                 The Determination made by the Minister on 23 June 2004 under subsection 44-29 (8) of the Aged Care Act 1997 is revoked. 4              Definitions                 In this Determination: 1997 scheme service has the meaning given by section 21.34 of the Principles. 2001 scheme service has the meaning given by section 21.34 of the Principles. 2005 scheme service has the meaning given by section 21.34 of the Principles. Principles means the Residential Care Subsidy Principles 1997, as in force from time to time. 5              Amount of viability supplement for care recipient — 1997 scheme services          (1)   For a care recipient to whom residential care is provided through a 1997 scheme service on a day, the amount of viability supplement for the day is the amount mentioned in the item in the following table that applies to the service on the day.  
Item
Degree of Isolation
Number of places
Amount ($)
1
Isolated Remote Area
less than 16
20.68
2
Isolated Remote Area
more than 15 but less than 30
12.73
3
Isolated Remote Area
more than 29
1.26
4
Remote Centre
less than 16
9.86
5
Remote Centre
more than 15 but less than 30
7.01
6
Remote Centre
more than 29
1.26
7
Rural Outside Large Centre
less than 16
4.15
8
Rural Outside Large Centre
more than 15 but less than 30
1.26
9
Rural Outside Large Centre
more than 29
1.26
10
An area not mentioned in items 1 to 9
not applicable
1.26
         (2)   In this section: Classification means the Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Area Classification, 1991 Census Edition, AGPS 1994. Isolated Remote Area means a Statistical Local Area classified as ‘Other Remote’ in the Classification. number of places, for a residential care service, means the number of places allocated in respect of the residential care service. Remote Centre means a Statistical Local Area classified as ‘Remote Centre’ in the Classification. Rural Outside Large Centre means a Statistical Local Area classified as ‘Other Rural’ or ‘Small Rural Centre’ in the Classification. 6              Amount of viability supplement for care recipient — 2001 scheme services                 For a care recipient to whom residential care is provided through a 2001 scheme service on a day, the amount of viability supplement for the day is the amount mentioned in the item in the following table for the score attained by the service on the day under the scoring system set out in the table in subsection 21.35B (1) of the Principles.  
Item
Score
Amount ($)
1
40
1.26
2
50
1.43
3
60
4.15
4
70
7.01
5
80
9.86
6
90
12.73
7
100
20.68
7              Amount of viability supplement for care recipient — 2005 scheme services                 For a care recipient to whom residential care is provided through a 2005 scheme service on a day, the amount of viability supplement for the day is the amount mentioned in the item in the following table for the score attained by the service on the day under the scoring system set out in the table in subsection 21.35C (1) of the Principles.  
Item
Score
Amount ($)
1
50
2.00
2
55
3.00
3
60
4.50
4
65
5.50
5
70
8.00
6
75
10.00
7
80
12.50
8
85
15.00
9
90
17.50
10
95
19.50
11
100
22.00